Heaven That Is Obtained Through Sorrow, Pain, and Tears The path to heaven is a narrow and difficult road traveled in sorrow, pain, and tears. Countless people have been martyred on this journey. At the time of the First Coming, those who were awaiting the Messiah (Savior) promised in the Old Testament actually persecuted and killed Jesus and His disciples—calling them heretics—even though Jesus was the promised Savior. The deaths of the prophets and apostles attest to this. Today, those same martyred souls look upon the reality that the promised pastor of the New Testament is also labeled a heretic and persecuted. The believers of the New Testament era awaited the promised pastor prophesied in the Four Gospels and the Book of Revelation. Yet in our day, though this promised pastor has come, he faces persecution just as Jesus did at His First Coming. Who is doing this? The pastors of the so-called “traditional” church—Christianity—mentioned in the New Testament. And because their pasto...